By The Sea Sailing Blog

Nice sailing today in light winds with Cindy and Ed. We motored out and put up the sails… and bobbed along without much doing. So we had lunch and then swapped out the 100% jib for the 150% genoa. We found a little wind and the big headsail got us moving for awhile. Then it died out again and we found ourselves sailing but not moving much against the ebb. So we headed in under power. It was a relatively short sailing day, buy very pleasant. Winter time is definitely around the corner as the wind is moderating and starting to change direction. I left the 150% ready for use next time, since I expect more of the same.

Today’s sailing was quite a bit more boisterious than that last few trips. Once we were outside the estuary we kept motoring toward the Bay Bridge, fighting the current and dodging lots of big ship traffic. Once we got past the bridge and toward The Slot, the wind picked up a lot, so we reefed and headed into the swells. What fun. I, of course, took a full wave to the face a couple times. We sailed close to Angel Island and then “chicken gybed” over and headed back via the “behind Treasure Island” route. Once we got back there where the water was calmer, things became much more relaxed!